The Maintenance Technician III responds to tenant and client service requests, completes assigned work safely and efficiently, documents all work in the CMMS, and escalates complex or high-risk conditions to the appropriate supervisor.
Pay: 34.25 per hour
The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.
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Benefits | Staff & Management
- Monitor, inspect, operate, and maintain building systems and equipment.
- Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
- Troubleshoot and repair HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, carpentry, doors, locks, and related building systems.
- Respond promptly to tenant, customer, and building service requests.
- Diagnose equipment failures and determine the appropriate repair or escalation path.
- Perform equipment adjustments, minor installations, replacements, and repairs.
- Support seasonal maintenance, equipment start-up, shutdown, and operational readiness activities.
- Assist with inspections, testing, and documentation of life-safety and critical building systems.
- Read and interpret equipment manuals, drawings, work plans, schematics, and manufacturer instructions.
- Use hand tools, power tools, meters, testing equipment, ladders, lifts, and other maintenance equipment safely.
- Enter accurate labor, materials, findings, failure codes, follow-up actions, and completion notes into the CMMS.
- Maintain accurate asset and equipment records.
- Identify recurring failures and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.
- Maintain tools, parts, work areas, mechanical rooms, and equipment rooms in a clean and orderly condition.
- Coordinate with vendors and contractors when additional support is required.
- Provide clear communication to tenants, clients, supervisors, and building leadership.
- Participate in emergency response, after-hours call-back, and on-call assignments as scheduled.
- Support other maintenance and facility operations activities as directed.
Safety and Compliance
- Follow all ABM, client, OSHA, and site-specific safety requirements.
- Follow lockout/tagout, electrical safety, confined-space, fall-protection, hot-work, and chemical-safety procedures as applicable.
- Complete required permits, job hazard analyses, JSAs, pre-task planning, and safety documentation.
- Stop work and notify supervision when an unsafe condition or uncontrolled hazard is identified.
- Maintain required licenses, registrations, certifications, and training.
- Report incidents, near misses, equipment damage, environmental concerns, and unsafe conditions immediately.
- Never bypass safety devices, operating procedures, alarms, or required approvals.
CMMS and Documentation Expectations
- Accept, prioritize, update, and close assigned work orders in the CMMS.
- Record accurate problem descriptions, root causes, corrective actions, labor hours, materials, and completion status.
- Attach photographs, inspection results, test readings, and supporting documentation when required.
- Ensure work orders are closed only after the work has been completed and the equipment has been returned to service.
- Identify follow-up work, parts requirements, vendor needs, and capital improvement opportunities.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation to support client visibility, compliance, reporting, and equipment reliability.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five or more years of commercial, industrial, institutional, or facility maintenance experience preferred.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting multiple building systems.
- Working knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, carpentry, doors, and locks.
- Ability to read technical manuals, drawings, schematics, and equipment documentation.
- Ability to use a CMMS, mobile work-order system, email, and basic computer applications.
- Ability to communicate professionally with tenants, customers, vendors, and leadership.
- Ability to work independently and make sound decisions within established procedures.
- Ability to obtain and maintain any required state, local, client, or equipment-specific licenses and certifications.
- Valid driver’s license may be required based on site responsibilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- HVAC, electrical, plumbing, boiler, or stationary engineering certification.
- Experience in a high-rise, commercial office, laboratory, manufacturing, or mission-critical facility.
- Experience with computerized maintenance management systems.
- Experience performing preventive maintenance and failure investigation.
- EPA refrigerant certification, boiler license, OSHA training, or other applicable trade credentials.
- Experience mentoring Maintenance Technician I and II employees.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand, walk, climb, bend, kneel, crawl, push, pull, and work in confined or elevated areas.
- Ability to lift and carry tools, parts, and equipment in accordance with safety requirements.
- Ability to work in mechanical rooms, rooftops, basements, loading docks, and other areas with varying temperatures and conditions.
- Ability to work from ladders, lifts, and elevated platforms when properly trained and authorized.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment.